Toilet convenience for automobiles



Jan. 12 1926. 1,569,571

F. J. PEW

TOILET CONVENIENCE FOR AUTOMOBILES Original Filed Oct. 20, 1924 fnzrehiflr I Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

UNITED STATES FRANKLIN JONES FEW, OF ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO, CANADA.

TOILET CONVENIENCE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed October 20, 1924, Serial No. 744,828.. Renewed August 8, 1925 To (/ZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANKLIN JoNns Pnw, a subject of the King 01": Great Britain, and a resident of the city of St. Catharines, in the county of Lincoln, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet Conveniences for Automobiles, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in toilet conveniences for automobiles and the object of the invention is to devise a normally concealed toilet seat which on the temporary removal of one of the car seats can be turned down so as to be positioned above an opening in the floor of the car.

A further object is to devise a door for normally closing the orifice in the floor or the car which can be turned up to sup port the forward edge of the toilet seat.

My invention consists of a toilet convenience constructed and arranged all as hereinafter more particularly described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

'Fig. 1 represents a vertical cross section through a portion of the body of the car showing the seat of my toilet in the turned down position in full lines, and showing it swung up into the concealed position in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is an elevational View taken at right angles to Figure 1.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views.

1 is the floor ot the car provided with a scat base 2 upon which the car seat 3 is removably mounted, said base 2 having a rectangular orifice 12 extending therethrough, normally closed by the double hinged doors at. 5 is my toilet seat which is adapted to be hinged to the side of the car and to be capable of being swung into the recess 6 so as to assume the position indicated .in dotted lines in Figure 1. 7 are spaced apart battens positioned in the vicinity of the forward edge oi the bot om 7f t e Seat 5 and the free edge of the inner door l is inserted therebetween as indicated in Figure 1, thus supporting the seat 5 in position.

8 is the flap of upholstery adapted to extend down over the recess 6 when the seat 5 has been folded up into the inoperative position.

To use the device the seat 3 is removed from the base 2 and the upholstery flap 8 turned up out of the way. The seat 5 is now swung down and the doors 4: turned upwardly.

T he rear door 4 lies against the side of the car, the upper edge of the forward door 4 being inserted between the battens 7.

9 are curtains 0t flexible material adapted to depend from the sides of the seat 5 and to close the space between the sides of the seat 5 and the base 2.

From the above description it will be seen that l have devised a simple and effective toilet convenience for use in automobiles which when not required will be concealed from view and which can be turned into position ready for use with the minimum of trouble.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In an automobile body, the combination with the floor and one side Wall, of a toilet seat hinged to the side wall and adapted to be swung down over an orifice in the floor, double hinged doors normally closing the orifice in the floor, the free edge of one upturned door supporting the turned down toilet seat.

2. In an automobile body, the combination with the floor and one side wall, of a toilet seat hinged to the side wall and adapted to be swung down over an orifice in the floor double hinged doors normally closing the orifice in the floor, spaced apart battens'secured to the underneath face of the toilet seat in the vicinity of its forward edge,

the tree edge of one upturned door inserted between the battens.

FRANKLIN JONES FEW. 

